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From: Jose A. Ortega Ruiz <jao@member.fsf.org>
Subject: Re: How delete whitespace at END of file automatically when save and exit file?
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 01:55:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8765kr995j.fsf@member.fsf.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: bf23f78f.0308201452.352911a6@posting.google.com


hi,

(defun my-delete-trailing-lines ()
  (goto-char (point-max))
  (delete-blank-lines))

(add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'my-delete-trailing-lines)

warning: untested :)

hth,
jao

seberino@spawar.navy.mil (Christian Seberino) writes:

> delete-trailing-whitespace deletes whitespace at LEFT but not at
> BOTTOM!? How do BOTTOM too?
>
>
> In other words... if I have a bunch of newlines at the end, e.g.
> \n\n\n\n\n
>
> ...How replace them with just one \n?
>
> chris

-- 
An eye for an eye leaves everyone blind. -Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(1869-1948)

  reply	other threads:[~2003-08-20 23:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-08-20 22:52 How delete whitespace at END of file automatically when save and exit file? Christian Seberino
2003-08-20 23:55 ` Jose A. Ortega Ruiz [this message]
2003-08-21  6:39   ` Lute Kamstra
2003-08-25 23:55   ` Christian Seberino
2003-08-28 19:11   ` Christian Seberino
2003-08-29 14:51     ` Thien-Thi Nguyen

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